7800 Family Manager for Windows 95 ================================== This diskette contains Adaptec's Windows 95 solution for the AIC-7800 Family of Host Adapters. This includes: AHA-2910 PCI-to-Fast SCSI (non-bootable) AHA-2940W PCI-to-Fast and Wide Single-Ended SCSI AHA-2940U PCI-to-Fast20 SCSI AHA-2940UW PCI-to-Fast20 and Wide Single-Ended SCSI AHA-2944W PCI-to-Fast and Wide Differential SCSI AHA-2940AU PCI-to-Fast20 SCSI AHA-3940 MultiChannel PCI-to-Fast SCSI AHA-3940W MultiChannel PCI-to-Fast and Wide SCSI AHA-3940U MultiChannel PCI-to-Fast20 SCSI AHA-3940UW MultiChannel PCI-to-Fast20 and Wide SCSI AIC-7850 Single-Chip PCI-to-Fast SCSI AIC-7855 Single-Chip PCI-to-Fast SCSI AIC-7860 Single-Chip PCI-to-Fast20 SCSI AIC-7870 Single-Chip PCI-to-Fast and Wide SCSI AIC-7880 Single-Chip PCI-to-Fast20 SCSI Directory Structure: -------------------- The files on this diskette which are required for the installation of the 7800 family Windows 95 miniport are as follows: \WIN95\AIC78XX.MPD - 7800 series miniport v1.30 for Windows 95 \WIN95\AIC78XX.INF - Install script used by Windows 95 setup \WIN95\README.TXT - This file Installation instructions for the AIC-7870 Windows 95 driver: -------------------------------------------------------------- This readme provides the information needed to install and use the Adaptec 7800 Family Manager (driver) for Windows 95. If you are performing a first time Windows 95 installation, see Installing Windows 95 and the Driver. If Windows 95 is already installed in your system, see Updating Windows 95 with the Driver. NOTE: When Windows 95 starts, if a "New Hardware Found" dialog is displayed after installing your 7800 Family host adapter, please select "Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer." Then insert your 7800 Family Manager Set Diskette and type A:\win95 as the path. Follow the succeeding on-screen instructions. Installing Windows 95 and the Driver ==================================== A version of the aic78xx.mpd driver is embedded (included) in the Windows 95 installation CD. This driver does NOT support the FAST20 line of PCI SCSI host adapters, such as the AHA-2940U, AHA-2940UW, AHA-2940AU, AHA-3940U etc. If you have a member of the FAST20 line of PCI SCSI host adapters, you must follow the instructions listed under Updating Windows 95 with the Driver, below. Other (non-FAST20) members of the 7800 Family of host adapters are detected in your system and the embedded aic78xx.mpd driver is automatically installed. Once the Windows 95 installation is complete, you can update the aic78xx.mpd driver with the most recent version of the driver by following the instructions in Updating Windows 95 with the Driver, below. NOTE: When Windows 95 starts, if a "New Hardware Found" dialog is displayed after installing your 7800 Family host adapter, please select "Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer." Then insert your 7800 Family Manager Set Diskette and type A:\win95 as the path. Follow the succeeding on-screen instructions. Updating Windows 95 with the Driver ==================================== This section describes how to update/install the aic78xx.mpd driver if Windows 95 is already installed. If you are installing Windows 95 for the first time, see Installing Windows 95 and the Driver, above. Note: All Adaptec 7800 Family host adapters use the same aic78xx.mpd driver. Once the driver is updated, it is not necessary to update it again for each 7800 Family host adapter installed in your system. 1 Start Windows 95. 2 Click the Start button on the Windows 95 task bar, and then point to Settings. 3 Click Control Panel. 4 Double-click the System icon. 5 On the Device Manager tab, double-click on the SCSI Controllers icon. NOTE: If your adapter is not listed, there is no SCSI Controllers icon, or there is an Other Devices icon under the Device Manager, double-click on the Other Devices icon. If you see something similar to "PCI SCSI Bus Controller" listed, you must update the driver for this device. Continue with step 6. 6 Double-click the 7800 Family host adapter you wish to update, or if a yellow question mark labeled "PCI SCSI Bus Controller" is displayed under the Other Devices icon, double-click on the question mark. 7 On the Driver tab, click Change Driver. You may be asked to select the hardware type; if asked to do so, select SCSI Controller. 8 Click the Have Disk button and enter a:\win95 as the location to copy the manufacturer's file from. 9 Click OK. 10 Select your 7800 Family host adapter, and click OK. 11 Click OK. The driver is copied and scanned. 12 You must restart your computer for the changes to take effect. Click Yes to restart your computer. Click No to return to the system properties window. NOTE: When Windows 95 starts, if a "New Hardware Found" dialog is displayed after installing your 7800 Family host adapter, please select "Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer." Then insert your 7800 Family Manager Set Diskette and type A:\win95 as the path. Follow the succeeding on-screen instructions. Fast20 Host Adapters ==================== A version of the aic78xx.mpd driver is embedded (included) in the Windows 95 installation CD. This driver does NOT support Fast20 Host Adapters such as the AHA-2940AU, AHA-3940U, AHA-3940UW, etc. When Windows 95 cannot determine the type of host adapter installed in your computer, a yellow question mark labeled Other Devices appears instead of the SCSI controller icon. You must update each adapter listed under Other Devices. See Updating Windows 95 with the Driver, above, for each yellow question mark labeled under Other Devices. To make sure your 7800 Family Manager Set drivers are properly installed and operating under Windows 95, please do the following: 1 Open the Control Panel, double-click on System, and click on the Device Manager tab. 2 Double-click on the SCSI Controllers icon; you should see your 7800 Family Manager Host Adapter listed. 3 If your adapter is not listed, there is no SCSI Controllers icon, or there is an Other Devices icon under the Device Manager, double-click on the Other Devices icon. If you see something similar to "PCI SCSI Bus Controller" listed, you must update the driver for this device. Follow the instructions listed under Updating Windows 95 with the Driver. 4 If there is a yellow exclamation point or red X in front of the 7800 Family Manager Host Adapter, double-click on the icon to see the error message. Note: Due to an inherent Windows 95 bug, each channel of the AHA-3940U and AHA-3940UW must be updated/installed manually with the aic78xx.mpd driver on a freshly installed Windows 95 system. Please follow the instructions listed under Updating Windows 95 with the Driver. 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